Dear greenshade:

Take this opportunity to act through your fear. It is fear stopping you from submitting the documents. Resolve to submit them- do it slowly. Throughout the process of submitting the documents, notice how the fear feels in your body: is your breathing shallow? Are your muscles tense? Are you feeling tired, foggy? Notice your thinking: what thoughts occur? Then talk yourself into the very next step you need to do to submit the documents, just that one little step ahead.

You can make a list of the steps you need to do so to accomplish the task of submitting the documents, then take on one step at a time, while being mindful (noticing bodily sensations and thoughts) and carry on. Post here anytime you’d like as you go through the steps.

Be patient and gentle with yourself. Let go of thoughts beyond the one task of submitting the documents.

anita

Dear greenshade:

Dealing with anxiety is a difficult task. I take the Macro approach and the Micro approach in dealing with my own. The Macro approach, in your case, would be not taking on a more stressful job. The Micro approach would be what I suggested in my last post to you (mindfulness) as well as daily aerobic exercise, moving meditation such as in slow yoga and tai chi, hot baths to calm down quickly…. the chest-opener posture is helpful to me.

anita